CSRN & ACLU Community Safety Questionnaire

So many of us share a common goal: wanting to feel safe. But "safe" can mean many different things to many different people. And too often, governments have used the idea of safety as a way to take away people’s rights. So we want to hear from you -- what makes you feel safe?

The options below come from our first round of community feedback. We'll use your responses to craft recommendations for the City of Toledo and Toledo police on how they can provide #SafetyForAll.

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1.Do you live in Toledo?

Yes

No

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2.Do you live in Lucas County?

Yes

No

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3.What does safety look like to you? (Check as many as you agree with.)

I walk without fear

Freedom from racial profiling

I feel treated equally

I can be free of harassment

I feel respected for being myself

Programs to develop young leadership

Good schools

Economic empowerment

Quality community-police relations

Clean air/water

More police visibility

Less police visibility

Bright working street lights

What else?

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4.When have you felt most safe? (Check as many as you agree with.)

With friends and family members

Neighborhood community center

When I know my neighbors

When all my needs are met

Walking around my neighborhood

When I know the people around me

My religious place of worship

In my own home

What else?

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5.What do you need from Toledo police to feel safe? (Check as many as you agree with.)

Call out their own / end the “blue wall of silence”

Training in racial bias

Training on the many types of diversity

Understand the true effects of profiling

Have more cultural awareness

Work with humility

Use the least force possible

Come in a spirit of peace

What else?

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6.What do you need from city officials to feel safe? (Check as many as you agree with.)

Accountability

Create more jobs

Transparency/open communication

Listen to members of the community

Understand we are experts in our community

Honesty

Diversity training

End systematic oppression

What else?

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7.What do you need from your neighbors to feel safe? (Check as many as you agree with.)

Don’t give up on each other

Communication

Respect

Community spirit

Take pride in their neighborhood

What else?

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8.What would help you be involved in making Toledo safer? (Check as many as you agree with.)